Infinite loops

[Arthur David Olson]

> . . .All the PCC impementations I've checked don't test the ["1" in a
> "while (1)"] even when you don't turn the optimizer on.  Our old PDP-11
> Ritchie compiler does generate the test, but the standard -O optimizer
> removes it. . .

If I recall my ancient history aright, the Version 6 C compiler generated the
constant test, and the Version 6 optimizer failed to remove it.
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